Ancient Sumer
Who united the city-states of Mesopotamia and made Akkad his capital?
Sargon the Great
What city was the Amorite civilization centered in?
Babylon
What caused the area around the Nile to be so fertile?
The river flooded each year and left huge deposits of rich silt on its banks, which fertilized the crops.
What patriarch of the Bible did God call to leave Ur in Mesopotamia and travel to a new land?
Abram (later called Abraham)
What group of people was known for their large merchant fleet, international trading, and production of purple dye?
the Phoenicians
What is the name of the tower-like structure with a flat top that people went to worship false gods?
a ziggurat
What is the name for the system of law that was designed to "cause justice to prevail in the land, destroy the wicked and the evil, that the strong might not oppress the weak"?
Hammurabi's code/Code of Hammurabi
Who built the pyramids at Giza, including Great Pyramid?
Khufu, or Cheops
How many tribes of Israel were there AND which one did David descend from?
12
Which group of people was from Crete, had a Pentapolis, and showed advanced skills in ironwork and unique pottery?
the Philistines
Why was the land of Israel strategic?
It connected Egypt to the Fertile crescent/Mesopotamia.
What 2 main things were the Kassites known for?
introducing horses to Mesopotamia and using stones as property lines
During which period of Egyptian history did the pharoahs focus on building projects to benefit citizens? This is also when Joseph interpreted the pharoah's dream and saved Egypt from starvation.
the Middle Kingdom time period
1) land 2) seed/descendents 3) blessings on Abraham and his descendants (Israelites)
Which group of people were once known as fierce warriors with superior chariots, but then later completely disappeared?
the Hittites
What is the name of the type of writing the Sumerians invented which later became an international writing system?
cuneiform
What is the name of the very successful military leader of New Babylon whom God used to punish other nations for their disobedience to Him?
Nebuchadnezzar
What foreign group of people took over Egypt as rulers and brought with them horses, chariots, and bronze weapons?
the Hyksos
Who ruled over the Israelites when "every man did that which was right in his own eyes"?
judges
What is the theory historians have for the collapse of the late Bronze Age?
the systems collapse theory
The Sumerians invented a numbering system that was based on what number?
60
What event in the book of Daniel gives details about the sudden fall of Babylon and God's judgment? Include the name of the ruler at the time
Belshazzar was giving a feast when fingers appeared on the palace wall and wrote a cryptic message. That night the kingdom fell to the Medes and Persians
Thutmose III
During what year was Jerusalem destroyed and Israelites were taken captive to Babylon?
586 BC
Which empire had a secret police called the "king's eyes"? God also used this empire to restore and protect Israel.
Persia